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MS 4038 - Dingwall-Fordyce of Brucklay, Aberdeenshire, papers
3 - Other family members
Collection
GB 0231 University of Aberdeen, Special Collections
Level
Item
Ref No
MS 4038/3/1
Title
Arthur Dingwall Fordyce: letter book
Date
1767 - 1779
Extent
1 volume
Administrative History
Arthur Dingwall Fordyce of Culsh, LL.D. (1745 – 1834). Son of William Dingwall of Culsh, who was cousin to William Dingwall of Brucklay (c. 1676 – 1733). Advocate in Aberdeen and Commissary of Aberdeen.
Description
Letter book, unsigned but presumably belonging to Arthur Dingwall Fordyce, Aberdeen, April 1767 – June 1779.
Letters to recipients including:
William m Dingwall of Brucklay
Baillie Robert Gordon, Peterhead
Walter Scott WS Edinburgh: numerous letters on Brucklay matters. Scott (the father of the novelist) had been a student at Edinburgh with Dingwall Fordyce.
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